Glossary
Attempt — one sitting of one thing: a reading passage or an essay. It has a start, a submission and a mark. An attempt you have started but not submitted is still an attempt, and it resumes where you left it.
Estimated band — a 0–9 figure this product produced from your work. Not an IELTS score. See The band scale.
Diagnostic — the first measurement: one reading passage and one Task 2 essay, in one sitting. See The diagnostic.
Drill — a practice task aimed at one thing, as opposed to a full-length timed attempt. "Matching headings drill" is a drill; "full passage timed" is not.
Technique — what a lesson teaches. The plan teaches a technique before drilling the question type it belongs to.
Marked — read and scored. Reading is marked by a fixed function; writing is marked by a language model against the band descriptors. "Marking" is the act; a "mark" on Free is one of your weekly essay allowance.
Report — what marking an essay produces: an overall band, four criteria, annotations on your own sentences, strengths and weaknesses. See Your writing report.
Review — what marking a reading attempt produces: your answers against the key, with the evidence sentence and an explanation for each.
Study day — a calendar day, in your timezone, on which you completed an attempt or finished a lesson. The unit every streak and award is counted in. See Awards and streaks.
Streak — consecutive study days. Awards read your longest streak ever, so missing a day ends a run but never takes back an award.
The plan — the one-task-a-day schedule on Today, rebuilt from today forward every time it is read. See Your study plan.
Pro — the paid plan. Removes the two meters on Free and opens your full band history. See Plans and limits.
Quota — what is left of a metered allowance in the current rolling window, shown with the exact day it resets.
Draft / published — whether content is visible to candidates. Candidates see published content only. See Draft and published.
Teacher — someone with a CMS role, who writes and publishes content. Teachers have no roster and no view of individual candidates; Bandzen has no concept of a class. See Getting access.